The first half of season ended with a point for Castellana Grotte, which was not enough to make it into the top 8 and participate in the Italian Cup. Fanizza’s men were defeated at the tie-break in Potenza Picena.

“If we had been physically in better shape, we could have done better – said the head coach – We had to alter our starting line-up the previous day because of some players had the flu”.